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Never seen these useless things either! "Ductless" exhaust fans in the bathrooms.

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Never seen these useless things either! "Ductless" exhaust fans in the bathrooms.

You haven't? Used to install them in condos in Miami-Dade all the time, wrote an exception in the code to allow for them as they were listed and labeled and had that charcoal filter doo-dad.

Then someone got wise and realized that, even though they are called "fart fans" (that was the reason for the charcoal filter - odor control) they really were supposed to be for exhausting the excess humidity *not* odor control, and that those little old charcoal filters did nothing for excess humidity.

After a few code cycles that exception disappeared.

In the meantime, though, thousands and thousands were installed in condos.

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Never seen these useless things either! "Ductless" exhaust fans in the bathrooms.

I have one in my bathroom. They are useless. One thing with mine is you can put a carbon filter in it. I guess we know what that is for cause it does nothing else.

Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

...One thing with mine is you can put a carbon filter in it....

Yep. That's what's in my left hand in the photo.

Didn't even realize what you were holding. Mine is a little different

Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

Mine is a little different

John said his was "useless" ... your is different than that?

Originally Posted by Jerry Peck

John said his was "useless" ... your is different than that?

Mine is less than useless. Put a piece of paper against it and it won't hold it up.